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DNA full name is deoxyribonucleic acid, which is an important part of chromosome. Human beings, animals and plants all have DNA, and the DNA of each individual is different. It is the genetic material of human beings, including all the genetic characteristics, that is, a person's physical features, organ functions, and even personality are determined by DNA inborn.
DNA defects can also occur in many patients with congenital diseases. If DNA mutation occurs, it may also lead to the occurrence of tumors. The detection of DNA in clinic is helpful for the diagnosis of gene deficiency diseases. DNA monitoring, such as bacterial viruses, can help to determine whether there are infectious diseases.
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[Nickolas] dropped us a tip about a Youtube channel where [stevewatr] documents the restoration of an Oliver 770 tractor through no less than 133 videos. These videos span the last year, starting with finding the tractor in fairly dense undergrowth. He spends quite a bit of time troubleshooting the engine, explaining his thought process, and showing all of the steps he takes to get the tractor running reliably again. He also delves into fixes for the electrical and hydraulic systems.
In his tip, [Nickolas] said he just couldn't stop watching, and we agree, this is really a fascinating series. One of the things we love about these videos is that [stevewatr] doesn't filter out his mistakes. That means we get to see his failures and successes… Everything from how jump starting wasn't possible with a small jumper wire, to getting the engine to start cold without a primer. That's the beauty of our fail-of-the-week posts. Absorb it all, and you'll be prepared when you run into related problems yourself.
[stevewatr's] last video doesn't show a completed tractor, so we look forward to seeing what happens as the project progresses. Even if you aren't interested in having a tractor of your own, you can certainly use some of this information while building your own personal mech. Give it a try!

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Whole Foods Market is having a 20% off sale on every bottle of wine in stock now. Buy 12 or more bottles of wine and save 20% off from December 26th-31st, 2009.
Mix or match any Champagnes, Chardonnays, Pinots, or Cabernets. Whole Foods Market has hundreds of choices and over 50 exclusive wines with prices ranging from $5 to over $100. Do you love to talk wine and food pairings?
Stock up for your New Year's Eve celebration! Pick up a bottle of Presto Prosecco for just $7.99. Looking for a perfect pairing with local Dungeness crab? Try a bottle of Rombauer Chardonnay for just $25.99, a bottle of Sonoma-Cutrer Sonoma Coast Chardonnay for $18.39, or a bottle of Ferrari-Carano Fume Blanc for just $10.39.
Above prices reflect a 20% discount on a 12-bottle case of wine. Sale ends December 31st, 2009. Sale limited to wines in stock.


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The history of Prince George's County is found in its older buildings, in its nineteenth-century crossroad communities, in its early twentieth-century streetcar suburbs, and in its rural areas that recall the county's agricultural heritage of tobacco raising and horse breeding. The eighteenth-century George Washington House in Bladensburg is a link to Colonial-era trade and industry. The Belair Stables in Bowie, built early in the twentieth century, attests to the county's early association with the nation's horse breeding and racing. A picturesque 1890s Victorian house in Hyattsville reflects the county's emerging suburbs, and the City of Greenbelt is internationally known as the first "greenbelt town" of the Roosevelt administration from the 1930s.
A countywide inventory in 1974 identified some 550 properties as historically significant; they are linked to people, places, and events that helped shape the development and character of the county through its architectural style or in its method of construction. Since 1974, several hundred more individual buildings and a total of 60 communities have been documented. As of 2019, the County's Inventory of Historic Resources includes 452 Historic Sites, 95 Historic Resources, 4 locally designated Historic Districts, 84 individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places, 18 National Register Historic Districts, and 6 National Historic Landmarks. Whether historically or architecturally significant, these places are part of the county's cultural legacy and deserve special care to represent our proud history for years to come.
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Daren Nigsarian, Mayor
Known as "A Caring Community," La Habra has long been a great place to live, work, and play. Whether you are a long-time resident or a new arrival to town, we are certain you will share our sense of pride in our community.
On behalf of the La Habra City Council, it is my pleasure to welcome you! Take this opportunity to explore our website, and find everything you are looking for about our community and the many services we provide to residents and businesses alike. Please stop by and join us at a City Council meeting anytime.
I hope you enjoy all that La Habra has to offer!
Rose Espinoza,
Mayor Pro Tem
James Gomez,
Jose Medrano,
Steve Simonian,
The residents of La Habra are represented by a 5-member City Council. The members of the City Council are elected on an at-large basis to 4-year terms. There are no term limits.
Regular City Council elections occur in even years and coincide with the Statewide General Election. Each year, the members of the City Council choose 1 member to serve as Mayor and 1 member to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. The Mayor Pro Tem acts in the Mayor's place when absent.


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Greetings my fellow Otakus! It's I, Bleachic, once again with another challenge. I know, I know! I just finished a one, however I wanted to do this one since it's the holidays. So, I'm just going to get straight to the point, okay?
If you've noticed the title it says, "'Tis the Season for Dedications." What I want from you is a ton of submissions with dedications to all of your friends and members here on theO. Just remember that you may make someone's day just by dedicating your work to him or her.
I'm not going to give you any specific rules for this challenge. As long as you abide by the Otaku rules, then it'll be fine. There is no particular anime/manga/etc. I'm giving you to work with, so you should have a wide range to work with.
A little note for anyone who wishes to participate in this challenge:
I want tons and tons of submissions flowing through here. So that means there will be no limit as to how many submission you may make. It's the holidays, so don't be a Grinch and give a little. The more you submit and dedicate, the more likely you may win.
As for the prizes, they're still in progress. I'm not sure what I will do for the winners and participators for this challenge, however there will be prizes. I will post it once I've figured it out. But do note that instead of sending just a plain gift to you participators, I will do my up-most best to do something special for you as well as the winners.
I guess that's really it. It's not much of a description, but I guess it'll do. If you need any help or anything, just PM me or comment below. I will help in any way I can.
I bid you all a farewell for now and Happy Holidays…and much luck with the challenge.
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The Biology program at BHSU is designed to give you a broad background and hands-on training in Biology with cutting-edge laboratory facilities. This program prepares you through a rigorous curriculum for advanced study in graduate or professional programs, or for a career in the science or science education.
We encourage you to conduct directed research with our faculty members. BHSU provides valuable opportunities to learn science while working with scientists on real research projects. Interacting closely with faculty through their courses and through one-on-one advising and mentoring.
BHSU's science faculties are committed to providing the best education possible, and our science students have an outstanding record of accomplishment.
A new 24,896 sq.ft science building for Biology and Chemistry has now been finished! This new facility is necessary in part due to the dramatic growth in the science program at BHSU in the last decade. This new Biology and Chemistry building is home to state of the art teaching and research laboratories. The price tag for the new building was $8.2 million, and was funded in part by South Dakota House Bill 1085 which authorized $74.5 million in state bond issued to finance construction, renovation, and modernization of 11 higher education science facility and laboratory projects. The new building meets the specifications for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification at the silver level. BHSU has made a commitment to sustainability and is incorporating components to ensure the buildings are LEED certified. With this project, 90 percent of the materials are being re-used or recycled.
The new science building is home to the Center for the Conservation of Biological Resources (CCBR), a plant research laboratory, two chemistry research laboratories, and six new teaching laboratories for biology and chemistry.
The DNA Sequencer is an integral part of BHSU's Genetics Laboratory. This is a four capillary sequencer, model 3100 Avant Genetic Analyzer.
A gas chromatograph (GC) is used to separate any quantitative compounds that are volatile; that is, materials that can be turned into gases. Typically, GC's are used for characterize very small amounts (1 or 2 micrograms) of organic compounds. They have found routine use in drug testing, pesticide research, and many other areas of trace analysis. We have two Agilent 6890N GC systems, both split/splitless injectors and FID detectors. One of these systems has an additional Agilent 5973 Quadrupolar Mass sensitive detector. The FID detectors (Flame Ionization Detectors) are very sensitive detectors that, essentially, burn the material as it comes off the GC column to turn into ions and then detects those ions. With this detector you can observe any material that can be burned, but you cannot directly identify what it is. The mass sensitive detector is a complete quadrupolar mass spectrometer that determines the mass spectrum of each compound instantaneously as it comes off the GC column. The mass spectrum is then used to identify each compound. This detector is not quite as sensitive as the FID detector, but the ability to identify each compound as it comes off the column makes it a powerful analytical tool.
The growth chamber is a controlled environment in which plants can be grown. During certain experimentation with plants, a person may control the amount of daylight, the temperature and other environmental factors.
The BHSU Herbarium, which has been housing plant specimens for research and teaching since the founding of the Dakota Territorial Normal School in 1883, has approximately 35,000 plant specimens. The Augustana College Herbarium, formerly located in Sioux Falls, has recently been added to our collection.
The herbarium, essentially a "library" of plants, preserves most specimens pressed, dried and mounted on archival paper accompanied by a label that provides the scientific name of the plant and pertinent collection data. In addition to plant specimens, the Herbarium also holds approximately 3,000 fungal specimens thanks to the recent research efforts of emeritus faculty member Audrey Gabel. The BHSU Herbarium is home to one of the largest collections of Miocene age (approximately 5 to 24 million years before the present) plant fossils from the Great Plains of North America. With more than 10,000 fossils from throughout the Great Plains, the fossils are a key to an understanding of the environment that created the Great Plains.
The Herbarium then obtained a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to database all of the plants from "West River" South Dakota and eastern Wyoming from the BHSU Herbarium and 15 additional herbaria. The grant will provide a web-accessible database with all label data from over 100,000 specimens by 2009. The NSF grant also enabled the BHSU Herbarium to double the amount of specimen holdings through the purchase and installation of a mobile storage compactor system. The Herbarium is a vital resource for the community. Staff members are often called upon to identify plants for government agencies, ranchers, gardeners, USDA Forest Service staff, Game Fish and Parks Department staff, county weed control officers, and curious citizens. Herbarium staff members are available to give presentations to a wide variety of groups including civic organizations, visiting student groups, USDA Forest Service groups or other audiences.
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An HPLC system is a High Pressure Liquid Chromatography system that is used to characterize and purify various liquid samples. Black Hills State University's HPLC system is used primarily in Dr. Zehfus' fisheries research, where samples from fish tissues are injected onto the machine to purify and quantitate the thiamine, thiamine monophosphate, and thiamine pyrophosphate found in these tissues. The HPLC system has also been used to purify peptides synthesized as part of Dr. Zehfus' hydrogen bond project. This instrument is available for use in Chemistry 434, Instrumental Analysis. The Waters HPLC system consists of two 501 pumps, a 486 tunable absorbance detector, a 474 scanning fluorescence detector, and a 717 autosampler so the machine can run many samples unattended. The entire system is controlled by a computer using the Waters Millennium software package. Other added components to this system include an Eppendorf TC-45 Temperature control unit and a CH-30 column heater unit. Solvents are degassed using an Alltech NO-OX vacuum degassing system. Even though this machine is primarily used in the Chemistry Department, the Biology Department may use it to supplement research that they are conducting.
An Infrared Spectrometer determines the wavelength and absorbance of a sample in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared spectrometers are a major workhorse instrument for the analysis of organic compounds for two reasons. First, the analysis is fast and easy to perform, and second, every organic compound has a unique infrared spectrum that allows any compound to be uniquely identified. Our instrument is a Matteson Genesis II FTIR that was purchased in the summer of 2001. This machine has been incorporated into labs in Survey, General Chemistry, Organic, and Analytical classes. Perhaps the most fun lab is in the survey class, where the students fill a plastic garbage bag with auto exhaust, then transfer the exhaust gases into a gas cell, and analyze the gas for CO and CO 2 content using the IR. This is another machine that is mainly used in the chemistry department, but also is integral to some research in the biology department.
The Molecular Genetics Laboratories at Black Hills State University are equipped for DNA sequencing and genotype analysis. The available equipment includes 5 thermocyclers for PCR, a Fotodyne digital imaging system for visualizing and documenting electrophoretic gels, a Genequant microcell ultra spectrophotometer used primarily for quantification of DNA samples, 2 automated genetic analyzers (ABI 310 and ABI 3100), as well as other standard laboratory equipment such as micropipettes, centrifuges etc.
The Molecular Genetics Laboratories are also equipped for genomics research and data collection. The available equipment includes an ABI 7000 Sequence Detection System for real-time PCR and gene expression analysis, a MJ Research Opticon II Real Time PCR System for gene expression analysis, and a GenePix 4200 Array Scanner for microarray analysis.
The Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab (SEM Lab) includes a JOEL 5600LV scanning electron microscope that is capable of producing low to high magnification images of nearly any type of material that can be inserted into a microscope. It produces excellent images (either digital or on film) and has the capacity to allow the user to view specimens in low vacuum environments, increasing the range of samples that can be observed. Linked to the microscope is an Oxford INCA energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer that allows elemental analysis of specimens while they are being imaged.
BHSU offers the only electron microscopy course in the region that provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to use these sophisticated research tools. The primary users of the microscope are undergraduate students conducting research with BHSU faculty members.


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In its main editorial Sunday, the New York Times, the major voice of what passes for liberalism in America, openly defends the right of the US government to assassinate anyone it pleases. The only restriction the Times suggests is that the president should be required to have his selection of murder victims rubber-stamped by a secret court like the one that now approves 99.99 percent of all electronic eavesdropping requests.
The apologia for killing begins with a blatant lie about the US assassination program using missiles fired from CIA-operated drone aircraft flying along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The Times claims, citing official US government sources: "The drone program has been effective, killing more than 400 Al Qaeda militants this year alone, according to American officials, but fewer than 10 noncombatants."
Actually, Pakistani government officials estimated the number of civilians killed by drone attacks in 2009 alone at more than 700, with an even higher figure this year, as the Obama administration has rained missiles and bombs on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.(See "US drone missiles slaughtered 700 Pakistani civilians in 2009" .)
A report in the Pakistani newspaper Dawn concluded, "For each Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorist killed by US drones, 140 innocent Pakistanis also had to die. Over 90 per cent of those killed in the deadly missile strikes were civilians, claim authorities."
The Times editors cannot be unaware of these well-established figures, since their own journalists have reported a civilian death toll from US missile strikes in Pakistan of some 500 by April 2009, and 100 to 500 more through April 2010. They lie shamelessly and deliberately in order to conceal the significance of their endorsement of such widespread killing.
The editorial claims that US drone missile attacks are legal under international law as self-defense, but this is flatly rejected by human rights groups and legal experts, except those who work as paid apologists for the CIA and Pentagon. The United States is not at war with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, but US missiles have struck the territory of all these countries and annihilated their citizens.
In a 29-page report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in June, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, rejected the doctrine of "preemptive self-defense" employed by the Bush and Obama administrations, as well as the state of Israel, and declared that a targeted killing outside actual warfare "is almost never likely to be legal."
In an accompanying statement, Alston pointed out the consequences if such a doctrine were to become universal. He declared: "If invoked by other states, in pursuit of those they deem to be terrorists and to have attacked them, it would cause chaos."
The Times concedes, "it is not within the power of a commander in chief to simply declare anyone anywhere a combatant and kill them, without the slightest advance independent oversight." The editorial argues that such arbitrary killings can be prevented through procedural safeguards of a purely cosmetic character.
These would include the Obama administration making public "its standards for putting people on terrorist or assassination lists," limiting targets to "only people who are actively planning or participating in terror, or who are leaders of Al Qaeda or the Taliban"; capturing instead of killing, where possible; and "oversight outside the administration," i.e., the aforementioned judicial review by a body like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Yes, if only the Nazis had followed "proper procedures."
In the mealymouthed language that has become typical of the Times as it provides "liberal" justifications for the crimes of US imperialism, the editors insist that in the case of US citizens, "the government needs to employ some due process before depriving someone of life," adding that, "If practical, the United States should get permission from a foreign government before carrying out an attack on its soil."
The Times editorial admits that in the much-publicized case of Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born Muslim cleric now living in Yemen, the Obama administration has acted in a manner diametrically opposed to the procedure the newspaper claims to favor. Awlaki has been targeted for assassination, based on criteria that are secret and unreviewable. The Justice Department has gone to court to assert the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of Awlaki's father, seeking to compel the government to justify or rescind its death sentence.
No evidence has been presented that Awlaki, a longtime publicist for Islamic fundamentalism, has engaged in actual terrorist actions. And as the Times itself admits, "If the United States starts killing every Islamic radical who has called for jihad, there will be no end to the violence." But the editors are nonetheless willing to place their confidence in the Obama administration, even to the point of giving it powers of life and death over citizens of the US and other countries alike.
The Times editorial reeks of cynicism. It advances arguments that convince no one, and are not intended to convince, only to provide a screen of words for a policy of imperialist barbarism and reaction. It is one more demonstration that, within the US financial aristocracy, there is no constituency whatsoever for the defense of democratic rights.
The open reactionaries like the Wall Street Journal and Fox News display their bloodlust unashamedly. The "liberals" like the Times prefer a dose of hypocritical moralizing and legalistic quibbling. The consequences for humanity are the same.
Patrick Martin
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There's nothing like the reformation of a misanthropic old curmudgeon. Just consider the perennial popularity of one Ebenezer Scrooge.
This is not to say that "Despicable Me," the latest 3-D CGI effort from Universal (in tandem with its new animation arm, Illumination Entertainment) is in the same exalted realm as Charles Dickens. But the turnabout of the Scrooge-like character here pulls at the heartstrings in much the same manner.
He's Gru, a hulking, hook-nosed man with spindly legs and a Middle European accent who looks like Steve Carrell on Prednisone. It is, in fact, the star of "The Office" who provides Gru's voice, creating a character far different from his usual conservative albeit quirky persona.
Gru lives in a forbidding black house on an otherwise benign—if futuristic—suburban street and takes infinite pleasure in his badness. Creating a balloon figure for an unhappy child one moment, only to pop it the next, gives Gru deep satisfaction. Gru's got "mother issues," as we see from several flashbacks to the crone-like nag who never tired of telling him what a failure he was. She's voiced, though you'd never guess it, by Julie Andrews, also using an exotic accent, rather than her customary prim British one.
When Vector (Jason Segel), Gru's rival for World's Best Villain—and a bespectacled nerd in an orange warm-up suit—pulls of the theft of one of the Egyptian pyramids, Gru hatches an even more grandiose plan to top him, and win his mother's love. (He's already stolen the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, but they were, alas, only the Las Vegas versions.)
His new scheme is nothing less than pilfering the moon. This will involve stealing a "shrink-ray" from some Asian scientists, turning the moon into golf ball size and pocketing the orb. No sooner has he acquired the gun, however, than it's promptly stolen away from him by Vector, who also has parental issues. His father is Mr. Perkins (Will Arnett), the head of the Bank of Evil, where Gru has unsuccessfully applied for a loan to pay for a rocket ship. Like Gru's mother, Perkins thinks his son is a major disappointment.
When three little girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes—sisters from Miss Hattie's Home for Girls—easily gain entrance to Vector's white armed fortress of a home to sell their scout cookies, Gru sees his chance. He'll charm the evil Miss Hattie (Kristin Wiig with a conniving Southern accent) and adopt the girls. Then he'll send them on a cookie mission, so he can infiltrate Vector's home and steal back the device. The girls move in, nonplussed by Gru's Gothic/high tech surroundings (they never truly believed Gru was a dentist as he told Miss Hattie), fearsome dog and hundreds of "minions" (cute little yellow robot creatures who toil in his underground lab).
Before long, following the lead of non-judgmental little Agnes, the girls expect Gru to become their father, with bedtime stories, goodnight kisses and the like. It isn't long before Gru melts, becoming more domesticated and genuinely caring, even taking the little girls to their dance class where they are practicing for a "Swan Lake" recital.
But his crotchety, hard-of-hearing cohort Dr. Nefario (a gravely voiced Russell Brand) expects him to follow through with the moon mission, and arranges for the girls to be returned to the orphanage. Gru's new-found domestic happiness appears to be at an end.
"Despicable Me," co-directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, resembles "Up" in having if not a geriatric lead character, at least a distinctly middle-aged one. The film lacks the genuine artistry and profundity of last year's Pixar classic, and some of the slapstick is crude and overdone. But the characters grow on you, and there is wit in Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio's screenplay, based on a story conceived by executive producer Sergio Pablos.
So, too, there are some genuinely touching moments, as when the minions create a replacement toy for Agnes when her beloved unicorn doll is disintegrated, or later, when the girls beg their dance teacher to postpone their performance till their "dad" arrives.
The animation was done in France, which perhaps accounts for visuals that have a slightly different flair, though the art director Eric Guillon and the production designer Yarrow Cheney say they were inspired by Charles Addams and Edward Gorey. The 3-D effects are rather underutilized, and it's not till the closing credit sequence that the process is used to full effect. But along the way, there is a fine roller-coaster sequence in an amusement park that briefly calls to mind the thrills of a similar scene of the old "This is Cinerama" from the early 1950s. An exciting mid-air rescue of imperiled Margo is another highlight. But in all, the 3-D effects are really not necessary.
Though rather dark in tone (at one point, little Agnes is seemingly impaled in an Iron Maiden), kids will take some life lessons about the transformative power of love, seeing the innate good in people the way little Agnes immediately takes to Gru, and learning to trust, as the wary Margo, so protective of her little sisters, eventually does.
Scrooged: A villain finds redemption in 'Despicable Me'
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Contact our office, 208-788-5545, and we can tell you which attorney is assigned to your case. Although Jim Thomas is the Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney and his name appears on most documents, he is not necessarily the attorney handling your case.
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No, our office does not investigate criminal activities. In most cases, a crime must be reported to the law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction over the city or county where the crime occurred. For example, if the crime occurred in the City of Sun Valley, it should be reported to the Sun Valley Police Department. Once the Matter is investigated, our office will review the police reports, witness statements, and other information before determining whether to file a criminal complaint.
Victim's wishes will be taken into account, but the final determination of whether or not charges will be filed or dismissed rest with the prosecuting attorney.Crimes are charged by the Blaine County Prosecutor's Office on behalf of the People of the State Of Idaho, and not on behalf of any particular victim. The decision to file charges in any criminal prosecution can only be made by an attorney in our office.
All attorneys are governed by a code of ethics which prevents them from speaking directly to anyone represented by another attorney. Any questions that you have about your case should be answered by your attorney.
Our office does not provide legal services to the general public. A private attorney may be able to help you. If you do not have a lawyer, you can contact the Idaho State Bar association's Lawyer Referral Service at 208-334-4500. You can also file paperwork yourself.
Our office does not issue restraining orders and we can only request the Court to enter an order prohibiting contact between two people after a criminal case has been filed. No contact orders are frequently issued in domestic violence cases, and there are certain situation in criminal cases where we can ask the Court to issue a no contact order preventing a Defendant from having contact with a victim or witness.Victims of domestic abuse may apply to the Court for a civil protection order without criminal charges being filed. If you are the victim of domestic abuse, please contact the applicable law enforcement agency or our office and we will assist you in any way we can.


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C.O.P.S. (TV series)
- Not to be confused with Cops (TV series).
C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is an animated series released by DiC Entertainment in association with Paramount Television. The whole series that ran on Television from 1988 to 1989 features Bulletproof and his crime-fighting organization and their struggle to rid Empire City of Big Boss and his band of Crooks.
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The Case of the Baffling BugMan [1.3][edit]
Gaylord, the bug: Maybe, but then again, maybe not.
The Case of Berserko's Big Surprise [1.4][edit]
- Bulletproof: The most chaotic caper of our career.
The Case of the Pardner in Crime [1.7][edit]
- Big Boss: It's hard to find good crooks these days.
The Case of The Crook With 1000 Faces [1.17][edit]
- Shifty:An Officer of the Law, a cop, a flatfoot.
The Case of The Criminal Mall [1.19][edit]
- Bulletproof: That remains to be seen, Mr. Keen.
- Dr. BadVibes: [Speaking to Buzzbomb] Why should I give you a tip? Are you kidding? You gave him a lousy shoeshine!
- Mainframe: Count me in! I just love computer games.
- Bowser: I think Keen's security isn't what it's cracked up to be.
- Rock Krusher:This Mall is humongous! How are we supposed to find Dr. BadVibes?
- Berserko: Simple! HEY DR. BADVIIIIBES! WHERE YAH HIDIN'!!!
- Rock Krusher: I have to admit, that's one way to find him.
- Bowser: Time to call in the calvary.
- Dr. BadVibes: I'm innocent! I've just got stuck in the mall after closing time.
Bowser: Tell it to the judge.
- Mainframe: Sigh.. Piece of cake.
- Mr. Keen: I've learned a Valuable Lesson: No Computer, no matter how smart, could ever replace a human being.
- Blitz: Arf Arf!
- Bowser: But there's nothing wrong with having a computer as a man's best friend.
The Case of The Half-Pint Hero [1.21][edit]
Ms. Demeanor: If you're Captain Crimefighter, then I'm Colonel Crime!
The Case of The Runaway Buzzbomb [1.46][edit]
- Dr. BadVibes: If you want wrong-doing done right, you have to wrong-do it yourself. -Dr. BadVibes
The Case of The Iceberg Pirates [1.31][edit]
- Mayor Davis: Ms. Horton, take a memo.
- Rock Krusher: Cool!
- Buttons Mc BoomBoom: This cold is getting into his brains.
- Buttons Mc BoomBoom:What? You never heard of Iceberg Lettuce?
- Rock Krusher: Oh Really? I didn't know you can grow that stuff on an iceberg.
The Case of The Big Frame-Up [1.23][edit]
- Bulletproof: [narrating] It all started when LongArm's father, Mickey O'Malley, decided to come out of retirement, only to be sentenced to a different kind of retirement home -- where everyone wears stripes!
- LongArm: I'm sorry, dad. I'm just doing what you taught me. Michael Patrick O'Malley, I hereby place you under arrest.
- 'Brian O'Malley: If the commissioner doesn't want you grandpa, that's her loss. To me, your still the greatest cop in the world.
- Berserko: The green button says door. The red one says danger. But if I don't do what Nightshade says... [opens the cover to the danger button] ...I'll be in danger. [presses the danger button. Alarm suddenly goes off] Oops, wrong button.
- Berserko:: Do this! Do that! How come why I get all the crummy jobs?
- Mickey O' Malley: What are you doing lolly-gagging around here while there's criminals to be caught!?
- Bullseye:: I think we've created a monster.
- Longarm: What can I do? He's Family!
- Brian O' Malley: My grandpa, the greatest cop in the world!
The Case of The Prison Break-in [1.6][edit]
- Rock Krusher: [Speaking to Commissioner Highwaters] Please leave a message at the sound of the beep and have a nice day.
- Rock Krusher: Maddog? Hey! I remember you! You're a Cop!
The Case of The Bulletproof Waldo[edit]
- Bulletproof: [narrating] In a bold move, the Big Boss decided that I, Bulletproof Vess, had to be replaced. Little did I know was that he planned to replace me... with myself!
- Mainframe: Welcome back, sir.
The Case of the Stuck-Up Blimp[edit]
- Berserko: [after stealing some tuxedoes] We'll be the best-dressed crooks in Empire City!
- Whitney Morgan: You're Baldwin P. Vess, leader of C.O.P.S. Codename: Bulletproof!
- Bulletproof: You're very well informed, young lady.
- Whitney Morgan: I'm a reporter. I have my sources.
- Whitney Morgan: I hope you don't think I'm a pest, but how about an exclusive interview?
Berserko: One more crack outta you, lady, and I'll give you an exclusive knuckle sandwich!
- Hardtop: [Crusher is disguised as a waiter] Maybe you didn't understand. The lady wants to know what you're serving.
- Rock Crusher: Me? I ain't servin' nothin'! I'm out on parole, see?
- Hardtop: Something's fishy around here, Chief. And it's not the caviar.
The Case of The Big Bad Boxoids[edit]
- Turbo Tu-Tone:: Hey! Watch what your doing!
- Berserko: Quit lying down on the job! We gotta scram before the CO.P.S. show up.
- Turbo Tu-Tone: Too late, Berserko! Here comes a black and white!
- Turbo Tu-Tone: Nice job, iron bottom. You've just cleared our escape route.
- "Big Boss: "Hurry up! (mahh) Hurry up, BadVibes! I've got big plans for these boxoids.
Dr. BadVibes: You can't hurry genious, Big Boss. It'll be another hour.
- Big Boss:: (mahh) I want it done in ten seconds!
- Bulletproof:: [putting Turbo Tu-Tone in a full nelson hold] Your in the arms of the Law now, citizen. Don't move! Your under arrest!
- Sundown': You ever tried talking to it?
- Fight Manager: Are you nuts? Old Bucket's just a machine.
- Sundown: Well it works on horses.
- Berserko: No one beats Berserko because I cheat!
The Case of The Stashed Cash[edit]
- Buttons Mc BoomBoom: I hate bugs!
- Whitney Morgan: This is Whitney Morgan saying tune-in tomorrow.
- Mickey O'Malley: Give that soap!
- Rock Krusher: What soap?
- LongArm: Let me show you how its done!
- Mickey O'Malley: You know fellas, my mind...isn't what it used to be.
- Buttons McBoomBoom: Uncle Buttons has a present for you.
- Barricade: Hey, Uncle buttons. I've got a present...for you!
- Mickey O' Malley: Nice police work son!
- LongArm:: I had a great teacher.
The Case of The Blur Bandits[edit]
- Whitney Morgan: [In her thoughts] Oh man, what a ham. I should've stuck with the dog show story.
- Big Boss: BadVibes, your a genius.
- Dr. BadVibes: How about a bigger piece of the action?
- Big Boss:: (nahh) You're not that smart.
- Sundown: [trying on a speed suit] Ooh-wee. This thing's plumb too small. I'm sorry, but we humans grow big down in Texas.
- Highway: [after handcuffing Ms. Demeanor to a parking meter] Remember to put some change in the meter, Ms. Demeanor.
- Highway: They helped me do it. I'm part of the team.
Season 2[edit]
The Case of Mace's Romance [2.3][edit]
- Bulletproof: [narrating] The Empire City Charity Ball was going to raise money for the homeless. But the Big Boss wanted the money for his favorite charity: himself!
- Nightshade: Why that great, big, fat bucket of lard! He kidnapped my sister!
- Mainframe: Mace got a girlfriend. Mace got a girlfriend. Mace got a girlfriend.
- Mace: GO TO WOOORRRRK!!!!!
The Case of The Crooked Contest[edit]
- Nightshade:Oh...Bummer! '
The Case of The Lawless Lady[edit]
- Nightshade: Kiss me you dumb cop.
The Case of C.O.P.S. File #1[edit]
- Bulletproof: [narrating] The facts have been kept secret, until now. You are about to witness the dramatic origin of the world's greatest crime-fighting team! It all began when an notorious underworld kingpin known as The Big Boss sent his henchmen on a spree of high-tech robberies.
- Turbo Tu-Tone:: [after Rock Krusher crashes through the roof of his van] Ever consider using the door, jerk?
- LongArm: [in a building being flown over Empire City] Now I've seen everything!
[looks up and sees the Ultimate Crime Machine] Let me change that. *Now* I've seen everything!!
- Rock Krusher: I got the combination to open every bank vault in Empire City: me and my jackhammer!
- Berserko: [using a grappling hook to pull off a heist] Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Crook. Stealing's a cinch with this new hook!
- Big Boss: (Mahh) I'm the Big Boss, see? And what the Big Boss wants, the Big Boss takes! (Mahh)
- Bullseye: [spotting the Ultimate Crime Machine on radar] Now that's what I call a serious bogey!
- Bullseye: Big job for our first one? Think we can handle it?
Mirage: We're C.O.P.S. aren't we? We can handle it!
- Longarm: Hey! What are you rookies doing here! Vess told you to stay put!
Hardtop: And miss all the fun?
- Bullseye: [after crash landing the Ultimate Crime Machine in the C.O.P.S. parking lot] Gee, good thing there was a free parking space!
Bulletproof: [silence]
Bullseye: No sense of humour.
Longarm: What about you, B.P.? What's your codename going to be?
Bullseye: Yeah. What's B.P. stand for anyway?
Longarm: I don't know what it used to stand for, but from now on, I'd say it stands for Bulletproof!
Bulletproof: Then that's my codename from now on. You all performed splendidly today. I'm proud of you. But as you know, Big Boss and the others got away, and they'll be back! There are many more battles to be fought. But together, one day, I promise you, we're going to put the Big Boss behind bars!
- Dr. BadVibes: Even I keep a promise sometimes.
- Good work, Buzzbomb! Today you've earned your steel wool cupcakes!- Dr. BadVibes
- [Berserko has been arrested] My Cheddar-brained nephew might be a nincompoop, but it makes me look bad if one of my crooks gets caught! - Big Boss
The Case of The Lowest Crime[edit]
- Bulletproof: [narrating] Big Boss loved big bucks, and he didn't mind breaking laws to get them. But there's a crime that even Big Boss won't stoop to, and that's selling drugs!
- Big Boss: Listen, drugs messed up my nephew, Berserko! I want 'em out of Empire City, even if that means helping the C.O.P.S.!
- Bulletproof: Hmm. All right - under the circumstances, we'll take that help. But we work in pairs - one COP, one Crook - to keep an eye on you.
- Big Boss: C.O.P.S. and Crooks! Eurgh! Disgusting! But...acceptable!
- Bulletproof: All right, let's do it! Pair up and get moving! IT'S CRIME-FIGHTING TIME!
- Big Boss:: Ohh...humiliating!
- Bulletproof: [narrating] For his crimes, Addictem was sentenced to life imprisonment. Several of the Crystal Twyst addicts remain hospitalised, or in mental institutions. Drugs are dangerous. Please remember: if anyone offers you drugs, you have the choice. Say 'no'.
External links[edit]
- COPS HQ — The Cartoon Cartoon Section of C.O.P.S. HQ website
- C.O.P.S. quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- C.O.P.S. Central Organization of Police Specialists
- Release the Complete C.O.P.S. Series Out On DVD Petition to release the complete C.O.P.S. series out on DVD.


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Dr. Dean Ornish is the first clinician to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even reversed, simply by changing your lifestyle. Based on his internationally acclaimed scientific study, which has now been ongoing for years, Dr. Ornish's program has yielded amazing results. Participants reduced or discontinued medications; their chest pain diminished or disappeared; they felt more energetic, happy, and calm; they lost weight while eating more; and blockages in coronary arteries were actually reduced. In his breakthrough book, Dr. Ornish presents this and other dramatic evidence and guides you, step-by-step, through the extraordinary Opening Your Heart program, which is winning landmark approval from America's health insurers. The program takes you beyond the purely physical side of health care to include the psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects so vital to healing. This book represents the best modern medicine has to offer. It can inspire you to open your heart to a longer, better, happier life.
Published Date: December 30, 1995
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Marijuana (Schedule I Controlled Substance)
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. It contains at least 200 cannabinoids; best known are Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD). Most of the cannabinoids in marijuana have not been well-researched.
The main psychoactive ingredient in Cannabis. THC content has increased significantly in the past 20 years in a given sample of marijuana, from ~4% to ~15% or higher.
The resinous material of the Cannabis plant, which is dried and then formed into cakes, balls and other shapes. It is usually more potent with a higher THC content than marijuana.
Neither hashish nor oil. What resembles oil is in fact one of several solvents that can be used to extract the psychotropic chemicals from the Cannabis plant. THC content: typically 15 percent or higher.
Synthetic THC, used to stimulate appetite and control nausea and vomiting in people with cancer and other serious illnesses.
Synthetic cannabinoid similar to THC and with similar indications.
In clinical trials in the USA; clinically used in the UK and some European Countries, and Canada. Synthetic THC is used for treatment of pain in multiple sclerosis and cancer.
Amyl nitrite is a flammable liquid once used to treat the heart condition angina pectoris; butyl nitrite is a vasodilator similar to amyl nitrite, but less potent.
Nitrous oxide, found in whipped-cream cans and car fuel, is used medically as a general anesthetic.
Glues, paints, nail-polish remover and other liquid solvents found in many household and industrial products.
One of the most potent mood-altering chemicals, manufactured from an acid found in the fungus ergot.
Mescaline is the principal active ingredient in peyote, a small, spineless cactus plant indigenous to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Mescaline can also be manufactured synthetically.
A pair of chemicals derived from wild mushrooms found in Mexico and Central America; can also be produced in the laboratory.
A family of hallucinogens, all closely related to one another in chemical structure and effects.
An anesthetic closely related to PCP; used by veterinarians primarily to immobilize cats and monkeys.
PCP was once used by veterinarians as an anesthetic for animals. So many young people abused the drug, though, that in 1978 the Drug Enforcement Administration reclassified Sernalyn, as it was known, as a schedule II drug. Its manufacturer discontinued phencyclidine shortly thereafter. Use among high-school seniors plummeted from about 12.8 percent in 1979 to 2.4 percent by 1992. PCP, considered one of the most dangerous drugs of abuse, can make users hostile and violent toward others or suicidal.
Diacetylmorphine, a highly addictive narcotic derived from opium.
The major active substance in opium, and the source of its analgesic properties.
Synthetic morphine. Originally introduced as a painkiller, it is now used primarily in heroin-detoxification programs, to wean patients off heroin. Methadone is habit-forming, too.
A highly potent painkiller that is two to eight times stronger than morphine.
Originally introduced in the 1960s as an intravenous anesthetic called Sublimaze. Now used in pain control too. More than one dozen analogs of fentanyl have been produced illegally.
A synthetic opioid that produces effects similar to morphine.
The most widely used naturally occurring opioid in medicine. Found in many pain relievers and cough medicines, either alone or in combination with aspirin or acetaminophen.
Combines a narcotic analgesic with aspirin and caffeine.
A pain reliever consisting of an opioid analgesic (Talwin); also combined with acetaminophen (Talacen) or naloxone (Talwin NX).
An opioid manufactured alone or in combination with acetaminophen or aspirin.
Chemicals similar to mescaline and amphetamine, with both hallucinogenic and stimulant-like properties.
A highly addictive stimulant derived from the leaves of the South American coca bush. In the 1980s, as prices for powdered cocaine were soaring, crack cocaine rose in popularity.
"Amphetamines" is the collective name for three central-nervous-system stimulants: amphetamine, dextroamphetamine and methamphetamine. They are prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the sleeping disorder narcolepsy.
An amphetamine-like psychostimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. When abused, it produces the same effects as amphetamines.
Introduced in 1965 as a safe substitute for barbiturates, Quaaludes quickly caught on with young people. "Luding out"—taking methaqualone with wine— became a popular practice during the 1970s. As it turned out, overdoses from Quaaludes were more difficult to treat than barbiturate overdoses. Although the drug was discontinued in the United States, methaqualone manufactured in other countries can occasionally be found on the street.
Two of the so-called "date-rape" drugs, along with flunitrazepam (Rohypnol). GHB and GBL have also been abused by bodybuilders as alternatives to anabolic steroids, although there is no evidence that they increase muscle mass or reduce body fat.
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Oven-Fried Onion Rings
- Cooking Time: 23 minutes
- Servings: 4 to 6
- Preparation Time: 45 minutes
- ½ cup all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ ground black pepper
- 30 saltine crackers
- 4 cups kettle-cooked potato chips
- 2 large yellow onions, cut into 24 rings (see note)
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1. Adjust oven racks to lower-middle and upper-middle positions and heat oven to 450 degrees F. Place ¼ cup flour in shallow baking dish. Beat egg and buttermilk together in bowl. Whisk remaining ¼ cup flour, cayenne, salt and pepper into buttermilk mixture. Pulse saltines and potato chips together in food processor until finely ground; 8 to 10 pulses. Place crumb mixture in second shallow baking dish.
- 2. Working one at a time, dredge each onion ring in flour, shaking off excess. Dip rings in buttermilk mixture, allowing excess to drip back into bowl, then drop into crumb coating, turning rings to coat evenly. Transfer coated rings to large plate or tray.
- 3. Pour 3 tablespoons oil onto each of two rimmed baking sheets. Place baking sheets in oven and heat until just smoking, about 8 minutes. Carefully tilt heated sheets to coat evenly with oil, then arrange onion rings on sheets. Baking, flipping onion rings and switching and rotating position of baking sheets halfway through baking, until golden brown on both sides, about 15 minutes. Briefly drain onion rings on paper towel-lined plate. Serve immediately.
- * Note 1: Slice the onions into ½-inch-thick rounds, separate the rings, and discard any rings smaller than 2 inches in diameter. It will depend on the size of your onions, but both of mine ended up being sliced into 4 to get the ½-inch-thick rounds.
- * Note 2: The onion rings can be breaded in advance and refrigerated for up to an hour. Let them sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking them; if baked while still chilled from the refrigerator, the onions will not cook enough to soften and will remain crunchy.


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Exorcising phantom power
You're responsible about conserving energy. You turn off the television when you're not watching it and the lights when you leave a room. But don't feel too smug. Your home electronics may be working against your green instincts.
Many of today's appliances draw considerable electricity — known as phantom power or standby power — even when you've shut them down. The typical American home has dozens of these devices, and they increase the average household electric bill by 5% to 10%.
In some cases this power provides value to consumers. For example, a microwave oven might power the kitchen's only clock, and a cordless phone needs to stand ready to receive a phone call. But such examples are the exception. Most phantom power is simply to make life a bit more convenient. Your television, say, may come on more quickly than it otherwise would, and it remains ready, even when off, to respond to a remote control. This sort of standby power could be eliminated without losing functionality, and doing so could reduce electricity usage nationwide by 4% or more.
Eliminating standby power might mean you have to wait extra seconds for your television to come to life, but it would also save you money. And the costs of phantom power can be significant. For example, the converter box for cable or satellite TV is likely to cost you hundreds of dollars over its lifetime.
Consumers can take steps to exorcise some phantom power, and it's worth the effort. If you have a television or VCR, say, in a rarely used guest room, unplug it. Also consider plugging your television and its related devices into a power strip, and flipping it off at night or when you go on vacation. And unplug chargers when they're not being used to charge a device.
But exorcising phantom power can't be entirely left up to consumers. For one thing, they have no way of knowing which devices draw the most power. Few consumers would knowingly choose devices that will cost them hundreds of dollars when turned off, but manufacturers aren't required to alert consumers to how much standby power a device consumes. This leaves appliance companies free to design devices that waste lots of electricity.
Consumers need access to more information, and there are models for providing that. Today's refrigerators, for example, are required by law to come with energy ratings that tell purchasers how much power they are likely to use. Consumers can use those estimates to choose between one brand and another, which has given manufacturers a strong incentive to design energy-efficient refrigerators. Similarly, if manufacturers were required to list how much phantom power a device is likely to draw, consumers could make better-informed decisions, which would in turn put pressure on manufacturers to address the issue.
But even a labeling system for phantom power can only go so far. With some devices — cable converter boxes, for example — consumers don't necessarily have a choice. In such cases, the companies supplying the devices should be required to inform consumers about the expected costs of phantom power when they order service. If consumers could compare power usage before choosing, say, between cable and satellite TV, providers would have incentives to distribute energy-efficient boxes.
A number of other countries have gone even further and now regulate standby power. The European Commission has limited new appliances to drawing no more than 1 watt of power in standby mode, and South Korea requires warning labels on devices that draw substantial phantom power. It's time for the United States to catch up with the pack.
David I. Levine is a professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. For more on phantom power, see https://standby.lbl.gov/.
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Ha'tak-class Mothership
The Ha'tak-Class mothership was the primary capital ship used by the Goa'uld. A Ha'tak carries a sigificant arsenal of Heavy staff cannons for ship-to-ship warfare and orbital bombardment as well as serving as a carrier for dozens of Death Gliders while being able to service other spacecraft and carrying up to a thousand Jaffa warriors. Ha'tak class ships can enter planetary atmospheres. The number of Ha'tak class ships is believed to be in the hundreds. Cronus' Ha'tak had a speed of 32,000c.[1]
The primary armament of a Goa'uld Ha'tak are it's heavy staff cannon turrets for ship-to-ship combat. These have been been given on screen a firepower of up to 200 megatons. Ha'tak also are equipped with a set of faster-firing, anti-fighter staff cannon turrets.
JACOB We're entering the coronasphere. The good news is that we won't show up on anyone else's sensors. The bad news is that our sensors will be blocked as well. CARTER So when we're ready to go, we won't know if someone's out there, waiting for us. DANIEL How long do we have? JACOB About an hour without full shields. Ten hours with. Sam, want to give me a hand?
A Ha'tak-class mothership is capable of sitting inside the Coronasphere of a blue giant for an hour without shields and ten hours with shields.[2]
The hull is also strong enough to take the combined assault from three Ha'taks for several minutes.[3]
Power Plant
The Ha'tak-class is powered by a large naquadah reactor. Ha'taks also have an emergency power core.[4]
A Ha'tak has an unusual design with a pyramidal core surrounded by an external framework. A Ha'tak-class ship is six to seven hundred meters across. Ha'tak class ships have hangers capable accomodating Tel'tak and Al'kesh-class vessels, as well as specialized racks for storing Death Gliders.
Normally, a Goa'uld Ha'tak-class ship has a large crew of Jaffa and Goa'uld technicians and overseers, but it can be operated to some degree with only a helmsman (at least for short periods of time).
Over the course of the Stargate franchise, several distinct variants on the Ha'tak design have appeared. This does not include various superheavy flagships that the Goa'uld have built.
The first variant was Ra's Mothership, which lacked the external framework common to most Goa'uld Hat'aks. The general belief is that Ra's pyramid ship was not a military vessel, but a sort of personal yacht used by the most powerful of System Lords to go about his domain.[5]
After Apophis usurped control of Sokar's empire, a second variant was seen, an advanced prototype for a new and improved class of Ha'tak. The performance of this variant is unknown, as SG1 destroyed it before its completion, and no other craft of it's class appeared before Apophis's final Death.[6]
Later still, Anubis fielded a fleet of improved Ha'tak-class ships. These featured improved shields and weapons, allowing it to take on an Asgard Beliskner-class spacecraft, although they could still be defeated by normal Ha'taks. These ships, unlike Apophis's prototype, were not specially built with improved systems, but rather were merely upgrades of conventional Ha'tak-class ships. In case of its weapons systems, it is not known if this is an improvement in firepower or merely penetration.[7]
One Ha'tak ship was captured by Stargate Command, the former flagship of the System Lord Cronus. It was then transferred over to the Tok'ra and was soon destroyed by SG-1 (along with Apophis) after it got infested with Replicators.


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The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers.
The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight.
The Senate approved the bill shortly after midnight, as it scrambled to complete business to recess ahead of the Nov. 6 congressional and presidential elections.
Republican Senator John Thune, a sponsor of the measure, said it sent a "strong message" to the EU that it cannot impose taxes on the United States.
"The Senate's action today will help ensure that U.S. air carriers and passengers will not be paying down European debt through this illegal tax and can instead be investing in creating jobs and stimulating our own economy," Thune said in a statement.
Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, the measure's other chief sponsor, said, "It's refreshing to see strong, bipartisan support for the commonsense notion that Americans shouldn't be forced to pay a European tax when flying in U.S. airspace."
The House of Representatives has passed a similar measure, and could either work out differences with the Senate's version or accept the Senate bill when Congress returns for a post-election session.
Clark Stevens, a White House spokesman, said the administration is reviewing the bill. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
So far, nearly all airlines have complied reluctantly with the EU law, but Chinese and Indian carriers missed an interim deadline to submit information required under it.
China earlier this year threatened retaliation - including impounding European aircraft - if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for not complying with its emissions trading scheme.
The dispute between China and the EU froze Airbus purchase deals worth up to $14 billion, though China signed an agreement with Germany for 50 Airbus planes worth over $4 billion during Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Beijing last month.
The Senate bill gives the U.S. transportation secretary authority to stop U.S. airlines from complying with the EU law.
But a new amendment agreed to during negotiations among lawmakers said the secretary could reconsider the prohibition if the EU trading scheme is amended, an international alternative is agreed to, or the United States implements its own program to address aviation emissions."
The bill increases pressure on the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to devise a global alternative to the EU law.
Connie Hedegaard, the European Climate Commissioner, said on Saturday that while the bill encourages the United States to work within the U.N. organization for a global deal on aviation emissions, she is skeptical that Washington will accept such a deal.
"It's not enough to say you want it, you have to work hard to get it done," she told Reuters on Saturday. "That means that the U.S. needs to change its approach in ICAO and show willingness to actually seal a meaningful global deal that will facilitate action."
Annie Petsonk, a lawyer for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the bill will pile pressure on the U.N. body, which has been working on a global framework for years.
"Passage of the Thune bill amps up the pressure on ICAO to move swiftly to reach a global agreement on addressing aviation's global warming pollution," she said.


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Black Anthology: Adult Adoptees Claim Their Space Edited by Susan Harris O'Connor, MSW; Diane René Christian; Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman, PhD
People who identify as Black adoptees are vaguely known within both adoption circles as well as universal discussions. We are just beginning to be introduced to one another. This anthology allows for the opportunity to see the rich diversity of a people; the uniqueness within the individual stories. Inside thisRead More →


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The National Association of Flavors and Food-Ingredient Systems (NAFFS) and the Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce (WFFC) are holding a joint meeting on from 9 AM to 12:30 PM on June 5 at the Holiday Inn Newark Airport Hotel in Newark, N.J. Registration and a continental breakfast are offered at 8:30 AM. The program follows at 9 AM and features presentations that will provide practical solutions to food safety challenges.
With the growing complexity of the food-supply chain, many food companies are re-examining their ability to ensure the safety and quality of their products. Paul Jeka (All-Ways Forwarding International) will present "Nuts & Bolts of Protecting Your Product." Jeka will provide practical advice on the day-to-day operational challenges and paper trail to ensure product safety.
John Cox of the Law Offices of John H. Cox and legal counsel to FMA and FEMA will present "Ingredient Origins and Safety: How To Satisfy Your Customers That It's Safe Without Revealing Your Supply Chain." This presentation will address compliance with regulatory and customer demands during a time of increasing concern about ingredient safety. Cox will discuss the threats the food industry is facing and outline the steps to address them.
Pamela Smith (McCormick) will present "Regulatory Aspects of the Global Supply Chain." This industry leader will cover a review of the systems, programs and processes that are used to address the risks and compliance issues that are presented when importing ingredients into the United States.
Maluwa Behringer (Kraft Foods) will present "Quality and Food Safety Across a Global Supply Chain." Today's consumers demand much higher assurances of safety and quality. Behringer, Kraft Food's associate director for procurement quality, will discuss an overall approach for managing quality and food safety across a global supply chain.
A representative from U.S. Customs and Border Protection will present "The Ins and Outs of C-TPAT." Attendees will hear the latest information on how to participate in this voluntary government/industry partnership.
Meeting registration is $85 for members of NAFFS and/or WFFC and it includes morning refreshments, attendance at the program and all handouts provided by the speakers. For more information on NAFFS, WFFC or the June 5 meeting, call Diane Davis at 1-732-922-3218 or visit www.naffs.org.


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A sociological theory is a set of ideas that provides an explanation for human society. Theories are selective in terms of their priorities and perspectives and the data they define as significant. As a result they provide a particular and partial view of reality. Sociological theories can be grouped together according to a variety of criteria. The most important of these is the distinction between Structural and Social action theories.
Structural, or macro perspectives analyses the way society as a whole fits together. Structural theory sees society as a system of relationships that creates the structure of the society in which we live. It is this structure that determines our lives and characters. Structured sets of social relationships are the 'reality' that lie below the appearance of 'the free individual' of western individualism. Structuralism focuses on the particular set of 'structural laws' that apply in any one society.
Despite their differences, both functionalism and Marxism use a model of how society as a whole works. Many functionalists base their model of society around the assumption of basic needs and go to explain how different parts of society help to meet those needs. Marxists, on the other hand, see society as resting upon an economic base or infrastructure, with a superstructure above it. They see society as divided into social classes which have the potential to be in conflict with each other.
However, the main differences between functionalist and Marxist perspectives then, is the way they characterize the social structure. Functionalists stress the extent to which the different elements of the social structure fit together harmoniously. Marxists stress the lack of fit between the different parts, particularly social classes, and so emphasize the potential for social conflict.
Not all sociological perspectives base their analysis upon an examination of the structure of society as a whole. Rather than seeing human behaviour as being largely determined by society, they see society as being the product of human activity. They stress the meaningfulness of human behaviour, denying that it is primarily determined by the structure of society. These approaches are known as social action theory, interpretive sociology or micro sociology.
Max Weber was the first sociologist to advocate a social action approach. Symbolic interactionists try to explain human behaviour and human society by examining the ways in which people interpret the actions of others, develop a self-concept or self-image, and act in terms of meanings. Ethnomethodology moves even further from a structural approach by denying the existence of a social structure as such. They see the social world as consisting of the definitions and categorizations of members of society. The job of the sociologist, in their view, is to interpret, describe and understand the subjective reality.
Marxism is an economic and socio-political worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and a critique of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid-19th century by two German philosophers, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism encompasses Marxian economic theory, a sociological theory and a revolutionary view of social change that has greatly influenced socialist political movements worldwide.
Courtesy of Lee Bryant, Director of Sixth Form, Anglo-European School, Ingatestone, Essex


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VIDEO: Justin Timberlake Promotes SNL
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Commercials, Saturday Night Live, Video,
Watch SNL's season finale host, Justin Timberlake, warm up his funny bone in the promo above. Cast member Andy Samberg joins him in the commercial, and TMZ reports that the duo will re-team for another musical number that will air on this weekend's show.
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Aflac has canned Gilbert Gottfried, and now they're going to need a new voice for their spokesduck. Here's the exciting part: it could be you.
"There's a lot of undiscovered talent in the U.S.," said chief marketing officer Michael Zuna. "We're considering anyone and everyone. We're looking for the best voice."
The company will start accepting submissions on Wednesday. Visit the Duck's Facebook page or Monster.com to find out how to apply for the gig. But, you'd better hurry -- the submissions deadline is April 1. Live auditions will also be held across the United States.
Aflac is premiering a new commercial on Wednesday that will reveal a new chapter in the life of the currently-voiceless duck. The new voice is scheduled to premiere on April 22.
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Oscar Tidbits: Modern Family Commercial
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, ABC, Commercials, Video,
ABC's Modern Family offered up another hilarious promo in what is becoming the show's Academy Award tradition. Last year, Modern Family created a commercial of an Oscar night charades party. This year, all the players have returned to enjoy the festitivites again -- but, there's a twist. See the whole thing in the video above; we dare you not to laugh.
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Video: Oscar Outtakes, Starring Anne and James
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Specials, ABC, Commercials, Video,
Let's hope this video of Oscar co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco is a preview of things to come; they're great together. This funny clip shows some of the outtakes of the two A-listers while they were shooting promos for the awards event, which airs later this month on ABC.
Re-cap the list of Academy Awards nominees before the event airs, and don't forget to follow all our red carpet coverage once the big night is over -- because we've got some awards of our own to give to Hollywood's finest.
Keep checking back to get all our coverage of the 83rd Academy Awards.
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Top 5 Super Bowl XLV Commercials
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Specials, Sports, FOX, Commercials, House, Video,
The 2011 Super Bowl was enjoyed by millions and hyped for many weeks on end -- and, it didn't disappoint. The game was exciting (even if the cheerleaders were lacking), and FOX's coverage was extremely thorough.
But let's face it: the sports wasn't the best part. Super Bowl XLV was jam-packed with advertising, and some spots managed to shine above the rest. We found videos for the top 5 commercials of the Super Bowl to make it easier to watch them again and again. You can, too, after the jump. . .
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VIDEO: James Franco, Anne Hathaway Training for Oscars Gig
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Specials, ABC, Commercials, Gossip, Video,
Oscar co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco look great together in this brief, but immensely satisfying, promo.
In only 15 seconds, the quick commercial spot pays homage to Oscar frontrunner Black Swan and manages to squeeze plenty of comedy out of a still-infamous Super Bowl moment.
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Kevin Bacon Channeled His Inner Diva to Make Google TV Ad
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Commercials, Gossip, Video,
Millions have seen the Google TV commercial starring Kevin Bacon as his own biggest fan. The ad left many scratching their heads … but, they were probably laughing when they were doing it. So, how does a one-minute ad spot become the stuff of legendary advertising? Take one actor who won't compromise, some interesting hair and make-up ideas, and you've got commercial history.
"I didn't know how far [Logitech] wanted to go with the look and the character. If it was just me kind of walking around, people would think it was weird," Kevin Bacon explained. While people still think it's a little bit weird, most seem to really "get" the ad -- and we've got Kevin Bacon to thank.
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Before They Were Stars: Taylor Momsen Shakes Her Chicken
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Commercials, Video,
Before she was collecting tips in her shoes … before she started resembling the Bride of Chucky … before she started shaking things up on Gossip Girl ... Taylor Momsen was shaking her chicken.
In this 1997 commercial for Shake 'N Bake, a then 3-year-old star tells the audience that she "shooked and mom cooked."
Is this child labor the reason why Momsen blames her parents for making her so miserable?
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VIDEO: Past American Idol Winners Featured in New Promos
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Commercials, Video,
The upcoming season of American Idol may feature a few new judges, but the show's promos are highlighting old faces.
Can't remember where the series has been over the past nine years? The two clips posted will take you on a nice trip down memory lane.
Want to know which singer will join Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze in the Winner's Circle? Make sure to watch when the program returns in January.
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VIDEO: Jane Lynch Promotes Members Project
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Commercials, Video,
Somewhere in the midst of all the singing and drama on the second season premiere of Glee, Jane Lynch appeared in full Sue Sylvester mode, via the new Members Project commercial from American Express.
Wearing her now-compulsory tracksuit, Lynch-as-Sue delivered fabulous one-liners like "What do animals do, except poop on your lawn and make you feel guilty about how delicious they are?" and "Sure, I'll take a stand…for as long as it takes me to find a comfy chair."
At the end of the ad spot, the image goes dark. The words "Don't Be a Sue" encourage everyone to take part in the Project, and "do something good."
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Mitt Romney |
Despite all the negative press and the furor over abortion and Medicare the presidential race is still Mitt Romney's to lose.
The latest national polls are all within the margin of error and while Romney is behind in most of them a good convention and a good debate performance should certainly see him elected.
He should be ahead. The economy, the one measure that is uppermost in most minds, is still pretty lousy. Unemployment is too high and there will be no significant relief in sight by November.
This is a center-right country and Republicans are usually better positioned to win presidential races as a result.
It is amazing to consider how George Bush defeated Al Gore despite the fine economic times under Clinton. The country leans right as its default position.
Given all that, the landscape is pretty much settled and it is overwhelmingly one that favors a challenger.
A wise old GOP figure told me last week that this election will end up one of two ways — a narrow win for Obama or a landslide for Romney.
It is easy to see why. If the issue becomes the last four years and how the economy has performed, Obama will lose badly. If it becomes how flawed a candidate Romney is then it is likely that Obama will hang on narrowly.
Obama is currently somehow staying afloat despite the bad economy and is trading heavily on the perception of him as a decent man trying to do his best in tough times.
He connects better than Romney who seems incapable of real human emotion or appearing in the least vulnerable.
A recent US Today poll noted that a "majority of Americans, 54 percent, believe Obama is more likable, compared with 31 percent for Mitt Romney, giving the president a 23 percentage point advantage."
All of Romney's career choices have ended up well for him and he lives a gilded life – but that is not what plays with voters.
They want someone who has a life pretty much like their own, full of struggles and emotion and setbacks and triumphs. It doesn't matter that they are rich, just that they are normal.
Normal is not what Romney has succeeded in showing us just yet. He has appeared either too perfect or too robotic, lacking warmth and empathy. But given the nature of this presidential year, which is still utterly unpredictable, the race is still his to lose given that the economic fundamentals are not going to get any better.
This race is at best for Obama a 50-50 toss-up.